A Happy Bit of News!

I just found out that there is a BRAND NEW Winnie the Pooh movie coming out next summer. :) I just love Winnie the Pooh. He is so cute and cuddly and it is adorable how he totally misunderstands things. Of course the movie wouldn't be complete without Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Eeyore, and the rest of the gang. Here's the trailer for it....it just looks too cute! 

Fabric Frenzy

I love fabric. It comes in all sorts of lush colors, textures, and prints and it works on all sorts of different crafty projects. I love going to the fabric store and just seeing all the gorgeous prints that there are...it totally puts me into a creative mood.

My mom started learning how to quilt this week, and it inspired me to pull out my own small stash of fabric to create this fun layout.  I normally buy the fabric quarters from JoAnn Fabrics when they go on sale and these babies are perfect for scrapbooking!  The patterns are the perfect scale and you get just the right amount of fabric for a price that won't break the bank. :)

This is what I came up with....

I love this layout for so many reasons. It came together fairly quickly with the help of a PageMaps sketch. Using the colors in my photo, I chose the Sultry line from Basic Grey. I loved the bright pinks and greens paired with the rich dark brown color and it just made my photo pop.

I didn't really like the green patterned papers that were in the collection, so I turned to my fabric collection and found this green plaid piece that was perfect. I hemmed the edges of the fabric so that the piece measured 10 inches by 2.5 inches.  I then attached it to my layout with Glue Lines by Glue Dots.

I also had this awesome piece of pink fabric that coordinated with my layout, so I used my Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die from Sizzix to diecut the flower shapes.  I then brushed a fabric stiffener over the tops of all the diecut flowers to stiffen them up. I used Stiffy by Plaid.  You could also apply the fabric stiffener before die-cutting which is what I will probably do next time.  After the fabric dries, you can even punch through it with your handheld punches...it works like butter!

Since the flowers were stiffened I could mold them to give them some dimension and I could even pop up the little flowers using foam squares to give them a bit more dimension.

I diecut the title out of felt using my Quickutz and added it to a chipboard label sticker from Basic Grey.

To add to this look I also added strips of ribbon, touches of metal with a Mickey clip, brads, and tiny staples from the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. 

Back again!

Well, I missed posting on my blog yesterday because I went to bed super-early. I had a crazy long day and on top of that my allergies kicked in and I took a Benadryl.  I think I even shocked my family at how early I went to bed.

So anyways I will try to make it up to all of you. Today's post is also going to be pretty short because again it was a busy day and I have to work a ton this weekend so I am just going to share a fun new layout I created in my new sketch class, Got Sketch 106.  Now this class is super awesome and if you love sketches, you may want to check it out here.  It is taught by the super awesome and super talented Valerie Salmon.  She is a  regular contributor to Scrapbooks Etc. magazine and is also on the Scarlet Lime design team.  The class is 3 whole weeks chock full of sketches and inspiration. I have taken every single one of Val's sketch classes...the "whole enchilada" as we GotSketchers like to call it...and I have used them over and over and over again.  Love em!

These pictures are of the Tree of Life at Disney's Animal Kingdom.  The sketch was perfect for my focal point picture of the tree and the detail shots of all the animals carved into the tree....it truly is a sight to behold if you ever get the chance.  I also used some older Bo Bunny papers on here and glimmer misted some white Thickers from American Crafts to get the fun effects.  Finally I created two "paper rosettes" using patterned paper, a hot glue gun, and a circle punch.  Super fun and easy to make, but you definately need to use the glue gun...trust me, it works way better than anything else. :)

I also have detail shots of this but they are on my other camera so I will pop on here tomorrow evening and upload them.

Well off to bed. Tomorrow starts our Holiday Extravaganza weekend at Archiver's and I will be manning one of the free make-and-take booths, helping people make a super cute Christmas card.  If you have an Archiver's near you it is worth a visit. And if you are by Glenbrook Mall, come visit me and make a free card. :)

Until tomorrow,

Janeen

Starting Anew....

November....a time to be thankful for what I have and to start afresh.  And I am going to start with this blog. For too long, it has been neglected....as well as you, my blog readers. I am in the process of spiffing up the look of things around here thanks to an online class over at JessicaSprague.com.  So my goal for the month of November is a post a day. Some will be crafty in nature, some will share photography, some will have my musings about life and things I am thankful for, and some will just be plain fun. :)  So here's to my new adventures in blogging and sharing the bits and pieces of my life. :)

And since many of you are probably crafty ones, how about I share a layout? 

Yes, it is a Disney layout. I have started scrapping my Summer 2008 trip so I am sure that many of the projects on here in the next few months will be from the most magical place on Earth. This layout is super simple and fun and implements a sketch from one of the older Got Sketch classes. I picked up this Kermit embellie on clearance at Hobby Lobby about a year ago and I knew it would be perfect for tis layout. I paired it with some sweet patterned papers from the DCWV Doodle stack and some fun circle embellies and buttons and wa-la...a simple, fun layout that is perfect for these fun photos! :)

p.s. - All of my new Disney layouts have a "hidden mickey" on them. Can you find it on this layout?

Until tomorrow!

Janeen